It’s officially the holiday season now, so in addition to the 50% off sale that we currently have going on for Azure Striker Gunvolt, we have a new update as well! With the 3rd monthly update to the Steam version of Azure Striker Gunvolt, we added some holiday cheer to the Gunvolt’s world in the form of “Christmas Mode”! That’s right, Sumeragi facilities have been transformed into their own winter wonderlands! Here’s a rundown of what you can expect in the new Christmas Mode:
Happy Thanksgiving Strikers! Being the time of year to give thanks and show appreciation, we decided to give Azure Striker Gunvolt a hefty 50% discount on both the Nintendo 3DS version (North America) and the Steam version (Worldwide) as our little way of saying “thank you”! In addition to this, the Steam version of Mighty Gunvolt and both of the Soundtrack DLC (Original Soundtrack & Lumen’s Azure Phosphorescence) for the Steam version are 50% off as well! We hope that many of you will be able to enjoy the holiday season with an extra *charge* of fun 😉 Have Gunvolt already? Spread the love, or be a super awesome dude and get it for a friend or loved one. Both sales end on December 2nd, so act fast before this rare dual-sale opportunity is nothing but a fleeting memory! (≧∇≦)ﾉ彡
This year at our PAX Prime panel, to celebrate the release of the Steam version of Azure Striker Gunvolt, we gave away a limited edition floppy disk that had an MS-DOS version of Azure Striker Gunvolt along with a code to download the game on Steam. We’re sure many of you do not have access to PCs that can run floppy disk games on MS-DOS, so now that it’s been a few months since the panel, we decided to make this game available to everyone online! You will need the special code that was available with the floppy disk to play the game to the fullest, so if you weren’t there at the panel, maybe you had a friend who was there. 😉
Check it out here: http://inticreates.com/GunvoltDOS
Yesterday was Culture Day, a national holiday here in Japan, but Inti Creates employees and Gal*Gun voice actresses alike gathered together in one of the most unlikely places you can imagine: Boat Race Edogawa, a famous boat racing track on the eastern edge of Tokyo were spectators can bet their hard-earned yen on boat races just like you would at a horse racing track…only with, you know… boats!
Halloween is almost upon us, which means it’s time for the October update for Azure Striker Gunvolt Steam Ver. to go live! This the 2nd of 6 monthly updates for the game, and it’s packed with a brand new gameplay mode and new language support! Here’s a rundown of the new features:
In less than two weeks time, we will be taking our first trip to Portland, Oregon to be guests at Portland Retro Game Expo on October 17th and 18th! Both CEO Takuya Aizu and your friendly neighborhood International Affairs Coordinator Matt Papa will be on site at the expo, where we will be taking part in a panel, showcasing awesome Inti Creates games at our show floor booth, and doing whatever other shenanigans we wind up getting ourselves into!
We hope to see you there!
When we released Azure Striker Gunvolt on Steam a month ago (hard to believe it’s been a month already!), we promised that we would be doing monthly content updates to the game in addition the patches we have already released for the game.
Well, the time has come, and as of RIGHT NOW, the first of these 6 monthly updates is now available on Steam! Here is a breakdown if what we’ve added in the new update:
3回の予選を戦い白熱した決勝戦を制したのは、スウェーデン Jonkoping市にお住まいのCoolKidさんです！チャンピオンになったCoolKidさんは、日本のインティ・クリエイツを訪問し、稲船敬二氏に会う事ができます。本当におめでとうございます！ また、2位～5位までにクリアタイム差は1分49秒しかありません！そのランナー達の栄誉を称えてLevelUpStudiosが作成してるGunvoltのTシャツをお贈りします！ それでは、全選手のクリアタイムを発表します！
| 1st | Coolkid | 00:51:58 |
| 2nd | Qttsix | 00:54:01 |
| 3rd | Greenalink | 00:54:40 |
| 4th | Trogdor | 00:55:35 |
| 5th | Ajarmar | 00:55:50 |
| 6th | Flameberger | 00:57:42 |
| 7th | KIMTADAM | 00:58:02 |
| 8th | Zinfogel | 00:59:01 |
| 9th | Tubamin | 01:00:20 |
| 10th | Ikkisoad | 01:01:58 |
| 11th | Blast | 01:03:01 |
| 12th | Chlorate | 01:03:32 |
| 13th | Zecks | 01:04:29 |
| 14th | Orekue | 01:24:51 |
最後に、素敵なコンテストを支えてくれたSpeedRunsLiveとGamesDoneQuick、それと、応援してくれたファンに皆様には感謝の念が絶えません。誠にありがとうございました！ また、いつかスピードランコンテストを開催できる日を願って、さようなら！
After three exciting qualifying races, and an absolutely incredible championship race, Coolkid, a super rad speedrunner hailing from Jonkoping, Sweden, has won Azure Blur and taken the Grand Prize! Coolkid will be enjoying a free trip to Tokyo, Japan, and we couldn’t be happier to welcome such an incredible speedrunner to the Land of the Rising Sun! Coolkid will get the chance to visit Inti Creates HQ, meet the legend himself Mr. Keiji Inafune, and more! 😀
The competition was tight, with the racers who came in 2nd-5th place all finishing within 1 minute and 49 seconds of each other! To reward the valiant efforts of these speedrunners, we will be sending them Gunvolt t-shirts, courtesy of our friends at Level Up Studios!
Here are the final clear times for all the racers in the Azure Blur Championship Race!
| 1st | Coolkid | 00:51:58 |
| 2nd | Qttsix | 00:54:01 |
| 3rd | Greenalink | 00:54:40 |
| 4th | Trogdor | 00:55:35 |
| 5th | Ajarmar | 00:55:50 |
| 6th | Flameberger | 00:57:42 |
| 7th | KIMTADAM | 00:58:02 |
| 8th | Zinfogel | 00:59:01 |
| 9th | Tubamin | 01:00:20 |
| 10th | Ikkisoad | 01:01:58 |
| 11th | Blast | 01:03:01 |
| 12th | Chlorate | 01:03:32 |
| 13th | Zecks | 01:04:29 |
| 14th | Orekue | 01:24:51 |
Thanks again to our partners at SpeedRunsLive and Games Done Quick for helping us put on an amazing contest! You folks did an incredible job! The speedrun community is very lucky to have awesome people like you!
Until next time, keep on striking!
-Matt
2週間の間に行われた3回の予選レースに参加して頂いた皆様、視聴頂きました皆様に感謝致します！ いよいよ決勝戦が9月27日の午前10時（日本標準時）に行われ、ボストンのPAX Eastを目指して下記のファイナリストが戦います！ この20人は正式な予選通過者と、SpeedRunsLiveの特別招待者となります。みなさん、好きなスピードランナーを応援してください！
Gengesa / @naminodarie / twitch.tv/gengesa
Blast / @Blast_kun / twitch.tv/blast_kun
Orekue / @Orekue / twitch.tv/orekue
Tubamin / @Tubam1n / twitch.tv/zwei_yulis
Zecks / @Zekobah / twitch.tv/zekks
KIMTADAM / @KIMTADAM / twitch.tv/tdm88
Zinfogel / @Zinfogel / twitch.tv/zinfogel
VarKhalin / @VarKhalin / twitch.tv/vkhalinpopopodhd
参加者の皆さんにグッドラック！ボストンで会いましょう！